In the early 19th century many parishioners lived great distances away from churches, leading to the financing and building of relief churches by Parliament. Thomas Telford designed 2 churches with their manses in Caithness, at Keiss and at Berriedale (ND121233). At Berriedale the landowner, James Horne of Langwell, gave his land in 1826 for the construction of a Telford T-Plan 'Parliamentary' design.